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Population — Continued 

 B. MEXICAN TRIBES VISITED-C'outiimed 



The proportion of mixed-bloods differs in the various tribes. It is 

 insiojnificant in most of the northern tribes and in those of the Sierras, 

 quite small in some of the Rio Grande pueblos (for example, Santo 

 Domingo) and among the Yaqui and Mayo, and moderate among the 

 Opata, Nahua, and Otomi. But even among the latter there is no 

 dearth of pure-blood individuals and even whole families. It was 

 full-bloods alone who received attention. The recognition of mixed- 

 bloods is not generally difficult after proper experience has been 

 acquired. 



IV. SUBDIVISIONS OF THE TRIBES" 



Their Location and Physical Types 



The Southern Ute, or, as they call themselves, Nu-cM-uh or 

 No-o-che, comprise the bands known as Capotes ("mountain people"), 

 Moache ("plains people"), and Wiminuche ("poor people"). All 

 these live in southern Colorado, in the semiarid region about Ute 

 mountain, Mesa Verde, and the Fort Lewis school, and in the shallow, 

 now well-watered, valleys about the agency at Ignacio. The Wimi- 

 nuche, the strongest of the three bands (estimated to number 500 in 

 1899), occupy the country about the Navaho Springs subagency 

 (around Ute mountain and a part of Mesa Verde) and the Fort Lewis 

 school, and have until recently retained their primitive habits and 

 customs. The other two bands live near Ignacio and are somewhat 

 more civilized. 



a For further details consult Handbook of American Indians, Bulletin 30, Bureau of American 

 Ethnology. 



